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Starkville Football Team History

Starkville Yellow Jackets

Starkville High School

603 Yellow Jacket Drive Starkville, MS
Stadium: Yellow Jacket Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Walter Scales

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1920 <-- 1953 <- 1954 -> 1955 --> 2024

1954 Season Highlights

Walter Scales enters his 8th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

The Yellow Jackets won the Little 10 Conference Championship.

1954 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 3	vs. New Albany *	38	0	W
Fri., Sep. 10	@ University *	39	6	W
Fri., Sep. 17	@ West Point *	14	6	W
Fri., Sep. 24	vs. Philadelphia	13	14	L
Fri., Oct. 1	vs. Aberdeen *	45	0	W
Fri., Oct. 8	@ Grenada *	58	28	W
Fri., Oct. 15	vs. Louisville	21	7	W
Fri., Oct. 22	@ Houston *	35	6	W
Fri., Oct. 29	vs. Pontotoc *	39	0	W
Fri., Nov. 5	vs. Amory *	34	6	W

1954 Season Totals
Record	9-1
Points Scored	336
Scoring Average	33.6
Points Allowed	73
Defense Average	7.3
Opponents Record	54-41 -1
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	4-0

1954 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Starkville	9-1	336	73	8-0-0	302	52	Walter Scales
West Point	9-1	371	82	7-1-0	305	69	Harper Davis
University	7-2	190	104	6-2-0	169	98	A.W. Carpenter
Aberdeen	6-4	115	206	5-4-0	94	187	Bert Thompson
Amory	6-4	165	166	5-3-0	132	112	Murphy Lowther
Grenada	5-5	208	229	3-4-0	125	172	Bob Ellard
Okolona	4-6	128	138	2-6-0	88	132
Houston	3-6	96	176	2-6-0	71	164	Flavius Alford
New Albany	3-7	88	209	2-6-0	64	184	Roy Johnston
Pontotoc	1-9	77	245	0-7-0	31	188	Sherard Shaw

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